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ex·tend
(ĭk-stĕnd′)v. ex·tend·ed, ex·tend·ing, ex·tends
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area: extended the subway line into the next town.
b. To enlarge the scope or effect of: research that extended our knowledge of the universe.
c. To cause (something) to last longer: extended our visit by a day.
d. To prolong the time allowed for payment of: extend a loan for three more months.
e. To put off; postpone: extended the deadline by a week.
2.
a. To present; offer: extend one's greetings.
b. To make available; provide: extend credit to qualified purchasers.
3. To open or straighten (something) out; unbend: extended the legs of the folding table.
4. To increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance: used rice or pasta to extend leftover casseroles.
5.
a. To exert (oneself) vigorously or to full capacity: Few mountain climbers have extended themselves as those two have.
b. To cause to move at full gallop. Used of a horse.
6. Chiefly British
a. To appraise or assess; value.
b. To seize or make a levy on for the purpose of settling a debt.
v.intr.
To be or become long, large, or comprehensive: influence that extended to other continents; table legs that extend by unscrewing.
[Middle English extenden, from Old French extendre, from Latin extendere : ex-, ex- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·tend′a·bil′i·ty, ex·tend′i·bil′i·ty n.
ex·tend′a·ble, ex·tend′i·ble adj.
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extend
(ɪkˈstɛnd)vb
1. to draw out or be drawn out; stretch
2. to last for a certain time: his schooling extended for three years.
3. (intr) to reach a certain point in time or distance: the land extends five miles.
4. (intr) to exist or occur: the trees extended throughout the area.
5. (tr) to increase (a building, etc) in size or area; add to or enlarge
6. (tr) to broaden the meaning or scope of: the law was extended.
7. (tr) to put forth, present, or offer: to extend greetings.
8. to stretch forth (an arm, etc)
9. (tr) to lay out (a body) at full length
10. (tr) to strain or exert (a person or animal) to the maximum
11. (tr) to prolong (the time originally set) for payment of (a debt or loan), completion of (a task), etc
12. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (tr) accounting
a. to carry forward
b. to calculate the amount of (a total, balance, etc)
13. (Commerce) (tr) law (formerly in England) to value or assess (land)
[C14: from Latin extendere to stretch out, from tendere to stretch]
exˈtendible, exˈtendable adj
exˌtendiˈbility, exˌtendaˈbility n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ex•tend
(ɪkˈstɛnd)v.t.
1. to stretch or draw out to full length: extended the measuring tape.
2. to stretch or draw outward.
3. to stretch forth; hold out: to extend one's hand in greeting.
4. to make longer, as to reach a particular point: to extend a highway to the next town.
5. to increase the duration of: to extend a visit.
6. to enlarge the area, scope, or application of: The military powers extended their authority abroad.
7. to grant or offer: to extend aid to needy scholars.
8. to postpone the payment of (a debt) beyond the due date.
9. to increase the bulk of, esp. by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance.
10. Brit. to seize (lands) by a writ of extent.
11. to exert (oneself) to an unusual degree.
12. Archaic. to exaggerate.
v.i. 13. to be or become extended in length, duration, space, or scope.
14. to reach, as to a particular point.
ex•tend′i•ble, ex•tend′a•ble, adj.
ex•tend`i•bil′i•ty, ex•tend`a•bil′i•ty, n.
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extend
, extent - Are based on Latin pandere, "stretch."See also related terms for stretching.
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extend
Past participle: extended
Gerund: extending
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| Verb | 1. | extend - extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" broaden - make broader; "broaden the road" territorialise, territorialize - extend by adding territory globalise, globalize - make world-wide in scope or application; "Markets are being increasingly globalized" expand, extend - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" stretch - extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" |
| 2. | extend - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" come - extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" ray, radiate - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" | |
| 3. | extend - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles" cover - hold within range of an aimed firearm be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" span, traverse, cross, sweep - to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries" sweep - cover the entire range of overlap - extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city" overspread, spread - spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the water" ridge - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South" constellate, dot, stud - scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" | |
| 4. | extend - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" | |
| 5. |  extend - thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"hyperextend - extend a joint beyond its normal range; "Don't hyperextend your elbow" gesticulate, gesture, motion - show, express or direct through movement; "He gestured his desire to leave" | |
| 6. | extend - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | |
| 7. | extend - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" | |
| 8. | extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" tense up, tense, strain - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" spread-eagle - stretch out completely; "They spread-eagled him across the floor" crane, stretch out - stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned their necks to see the President drive by" | |
| 9. | extend - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" | |
| 10. | extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" carry, extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please" extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
| 11. |  extend - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" | |
| 12. | extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements | |
| 13. | extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" straighten, straighten out - make straight stretch out, unfold, stretch, extend - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" | |
| 14. | extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" overextend, overstrain - strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" | |
| 15. | extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
| 16. | extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" continue - exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks" prolong, protract, draw out, extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | |
| 17. | extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" adulterate, dilute, debase, load, stretch - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" |
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extend
verb
1. spread out, reach, stretch, continue, carry on The territory extends over one fifth of Canada's land mass.
2. stretch, stretch out, spread out, unfurl, straighten out, unroll Stand straight with your arms extended at your sides.
4. protrude, project, stand out, bulge, stick out, hang, overhang, jut out His legs extended from the bushes.
5. reach, spread, go as far as His possessiveness extends to people as well as property.
6. widen, increase, develop, expand, spread, add to, enhance, supplement, enlarge, broaden, diversify, amplify, augment They have added three new products to extend their range.
widen cut, reduce, contract, restrict, decrease, condense, abbreviate, abridge
widen cut, reduce, contract, restrict, decrease, condense, abbreviate, abridge
extend to something include, cover, affect, take in, embrace, incorporate, encompass The service also extends to wrapping gifts.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
extend
verb1. To move or arrange so as to cover a larger area:
2. To make or become longer:
Mathematics: produce.
6. To make or become greater or larger:
aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up.
7. To put before another for acceptance:
Idioms: come forward with, lay at someone's feet, lay before.
9. To arrange for the extension of:
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Translations
يُقَدِّميَمْتَد، يَصِل إلىيَمَدُّيُوَسِّع نِطاق، يُطيل
forlængegågivestrækkeudbygge
megnagyobbít
bjóîalengja, stækkaná, teygja sigteygja úr, rétta fram
ilgintuvasilgismastaspapildomas telefonastam tikru mastu
izrādīt (draudzībuizstieptpaplašinātpastieptplesties
iztegnitipodaljšatirazprostirati se
büyütmeksunmakuzanmakuzatmak
extend
[ɪksˈtend]A. VT
2. (= offer) [+ one's friendship, help, hospitality] → ofrecer; [+ one's thanks, congratulations, condolences, welcome] → dar; [+ invitation] → enviar; [+ credit] → extender, otorgar
3. (= prolong) [+ road, line, visit] → prolongar
4. (= enlarge) [+ building] → ampliar; [+ knowledge, research] → ampliar, profundizar en; [+ powers, business] → ampliar, aumentar; [+ frontiers] → extender; [+ vocabulary] → enriquecer, aumentar
5. (= push to the limit) [+ athlete] → pedir el máximo esfuerzo a
that child is not sufficiently extended → a ese niño no se le exige el rendimiento que es capaz de dar
the staff is fully extended → el personal trabaja a pleno rendimiento
to extend o.s → trabajar al máximum, esforzarse
that child is not sufficiently extended → a ese niño no se le exige el rendimiento que es capaz de dar
the staff is fully extended → el personal trabaja a pleno rendimiento
to extend o.s → trabajar al máximum, esforzarse
B. VI
1. [land, wall] to extend to or as far as → extenderse a or hasta, llegar hasta
the farm extends over 40,000 hectares → la finca abarca unas 40.000 hectáreas
the farm extends over 40,000 hectares → la finca abarca unas 40.000 hectáreas
3. [meeting] to extend to or into → prolongarse hasta
to extend for → prolongarse por espacio de, prolongarse durante
to extend for → prolongarse por espacio de, prolongarse durante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
extend
[ɪkˈstɛnd] vt
[+ building] → agrandir
vi
[land, road] → s'étendre
(= continue) → se prolonger
a career that extended from 1894 to 1920 → une carrière qui a débuté en 1894 et s'est prolongée jusqu'en 1920
to extend into → se prolonger jusqu'à
a career that extended from 1894 to 1920 → une carrière qui a débuté en 1894 et s'est prolongée jusqu'en 1920
to extend into → se prolonger jusqu'à
to extend beyond sth (physically) [path, field] → s'étendre au-delà de qch (fig) (= be more than) → aller plus loin que qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
extend
vt
(= stretch out) arms → ausstrecken; to extend one’s hand → die Hand ausstrecken; to extend one’s hand to somebody → jdm die Hand reichen; to extend a wire between two posts → einen Draht zwischen zwei Pfosten spannen
(= prolong) street, line, visit, passport, holidays, deadline, lease → verlängern; her tender care doubtless extended his life → ihre liebevolle Pflege hat sein Leben zweifellos verlängert
(= enlarge) research, powers, franchise → ausdehnen, erweitern; knowledge → erweitern, vergrößern; influence → ausbauen; scheme → ausweiten; house → anbauen an (+acc); property → vergrößern, erweitern; limits → erweitern; frontiers of a country → ausdehnen; to extend one’s lead → seine Führung ausbauen; in an extended sense of the term → im weiteren Sinne des Wortes
(= offer) (→ jdm) help → gewähren; hospitality, friendship → erweisen; invitation, thanks, condolences, congratulations → aussprechen; to extend a welcome to somebody → jdn willkommen heißen
(usu pass: = make demands on) person, pupil, athlete → fordern
vi
(wall, estate, garden) → sich erstrecken, sich ausdehnen (to, as far as bis); (ladder, table) → sich ausziehen lassen; (meetings etc: over period of time) → sich ausdehnen or hinziehen; a career that extended from 1974 to 1990 → eine Laufbahn, die sich von 1974 bis 1990 erstreckte
(= reach to) enthusiasm which extends even to the children → Begeisterung, die sich sogar auf die Kinder überträgt; does that extend to (include) me? → betrifft das auch mich?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
extend
[ɪksˈtɛnd]1. vt
a. (frm) (stretch out, hand, arm) → tendere; (offer, friendship, help, hospitality) → offrire; (thanks, condolences, welcome) → porgere; (invitation) → estendere (Fin) (credit) → accordare
b. (prolong, road, line, deadline) → prolungare; (visit) → protrarre; (enlarge, building, business, vocabulary) → ampliare; (knowledge, research) → approfondire; (powers) → estendere; (frontiers) → allargare
extended walk/trot (Horse-riding) → passo/trotto allungato
extended walk/trot (Horse-riding) → passo/trotto allungato
2. vi (land, wall) to extend to or as far as → estendersi fino a
to extend to/for (term, meeting) → protrarsi fino a/per
the contract extends to/for ... → il contratto è valido fino a/per...
to extend to/for (term, meeting) → protrarsi fino a/per
the contract extends to/for ... → il contratto è valido fino a/per...
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
extend
(ikˈstend) verb1. to make longer or larger. He extended his vegetable garden.
2. to reach or stretch. The school grounds extend as far as this fence.
3. to hold out or stretch out (a limb etc). He extended his hand to her.
4. to offer. May I extend a welcome to you all?
exˈtension (-ʃən) noun1. an added part. He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.
2. (a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.
3. the process of extending.
4. a telephone that operates on the same line as another. They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.
exˈtensive (-siv) adjective large in area or amount. extensive plantations; He suffered extensive injuries in the accident.
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extend
vt, vi extender(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.